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O-r-eelr on Chnrleston.Bomba, when lie lost his crown,Wished to shell Palermo town,Gillmore would have knocked it down, He?rains Greek Fire 011 Charles ton.Fear restrained King Bomba’s wrath From an act of savage scath,Nothing stands in Gillmore’s path:He hurls Greek Fire on Charleston.’General Gillmore found it hard To come over Beauregard,So he played a Yankee card,And jioured Greek Fire on Charleston.Asked to let the townsfolk go,Gillmore bravely answered “No ! ”And proceeded, no ways slow,To pitch Greek Fire on CharlestonGallant Gillmore, warrior stern,Babes and women thus to burn!What a deathless name he’ll earn.That threSv Greek Fire on Charleston!Nana Sahib, rest unsung,Let none speak of Badakung,Since bold Gillmore bombs has flung, And cast Greek Fire on Charleston.Do but think what shriek and yell Bose where dropped his Parrott shell. When he dies you’ll say, Ah, well!He threw Greek Fire on Charleston. [London Punch, Seplembtr B), 18(53,
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Port Royal New South
Port Royal, South Carolina, US
Sat, Aug 05, 1865
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